Strobel
Strobel v. Lesnick
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division NEAL STROBEL, Case No. 21-cv-01010-LB
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING EX PARTE
v. APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO
SERVE THIRD-PARTY SUBPOENA
GLEN JAMES LESNICK, et al.,
Defendants. 16 INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Neal Strobel sued thee named defendants (Glen Lesnick, Teresa Lesnick, and Joseph Carr) and unknown defendants for conversion and related claims after they took almost $58,000 in cryptocurrency that he invested through the website worldofcryptomining.com (WOCM). The plaintiff traced the deposits to a Gemini wallet and a Coinbase wallet. Coinbase and Gemini are companies that operate cryptocurrency exchange platforms.1 He filed an application to subpoena Coinbase and Gemini to determine the owners of the wallets.2 The court can decide the matter without oral argument. Civil L.R. 7-1(b). The court denies the motion without prejudice, primarily